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Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities. Two Metro-North Railroad trains collided after a “major derailment” near Fairfield, Connecticut, on 6:10 p.m. Friday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reports that “there are preliminary reports of about [...]

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Take a good look at the Google satellite view of our 9-1-1 center, Northwest Central Dispatch at 1975 East Davis Street. Does anything look a little vulnerable? At the end of one of the most desolate roadways in Arlington Heights sits the 9-1-1 center for eleven police agencies* — Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove [...]

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Elk Grove Village police responded about 6:28 AM Monday to a freight train derailment at Busse and Arthur Elk Grove Village, IL. Police on the scene reported they discovered a train derailment at Busse and Arthur. Police have blocked intersections at Busse Road and Pratt Boulevard, and Busse Road and Arthur Avenue. Elmhurst Road was [...]

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VIDEO: Union Pacific and Hulcher Railroad Services crews clear a railroad crossing after a train derailed about 2:50 a.m. Monday. UPDATE: Elmhurst Road is open to traffic in both directions after derailed train cars were removed from the railroad tracks at the crossing just south of Pratt Boulevard. Video of scene and one of the [...]

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Exploding freight cars full of ethanol made for a dramatic early morning scene in Ohio’s capital. About 100 residents who live within a 1-mile radius of the explosion were evacuated by firefighters and police. Columbus firefighters responded about 2:00 a.m. EDT to a train derailment, explosions, and fire after 11-13 cars derailed and apparently three [...]

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Video of the train derailment and collapsed bridge scene before emergency responders knew there was a car under the debris of coal and wrecked railroad cars. Attorneys Michael LaMonica and Erron Fisher delivered about 1:30 p.m. Friday a stop work order to Union Pacific workers and other workers while they were cleaning up wreckage at [...]

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VIDEO: Train derailment aftermath on Shermer Rd with neighbor reports of the sound and vibrations of the crash, and a police press conference from Glenview Deputy Chief Phil Perlini. A second body was found Thursday inside a car that was covered with coal and train cars that piled onto Shermer Road on Wednesday, July 4, [...]

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Union Pacific railroad worker sizes up bridge collapse and train derailment at the Shermer Road railroad bridge between Willow Road and Holste Road at the border of Glenview and Northbrook. See over 160 more photos Train Derailment, Bridge Collapse Kills Two People Buried in their Car on Shermer Road, Glenview. Glenview and Northbrook firefighters and [...]

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Rare video of a train crash that occurred in Palatine, Illinois about 7:00 p.m. November 9, 1950. No lives were lost. A broken axle on the 19th car of a Chicago & Northwestern freight train caused the train to sag and likely caused the derailment. The train derailed in the middle of town, which also [...]

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Elk Grove Village police responded about 8:41 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a train derailment in the Union Pacific train yard at 2511 Pratt Boulevard. Police checked on the report of the train derailment with no injuries and no hazards. View Larger Map

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Witness video at train crossing near Bartlett, Illinois. Bartlett firefighters and other area firefighters responded about 5:10 a.m. to a train derailment with fire near Spaulding and Gifford Road. A freight train on Canadian National tracks derailed near Spaulding and Lambert roads in unincorporated Cook County near Bartlett, Illinois. There are no reports of any [...]

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Video at Night: Explosions shook the north-central Ill. village of Tiskilwa Friday when a freight train loaded with highly flammable ethanol crashed and ignited, sending bright orange flames jetting skyward and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents. The north central Illinois town of Tiskilwa was evacuated after a Rock Island line freight train carrying [...]

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